Budget Question:  

Gutierrez Company, a publicly held corporation, operates a regional chain of large drugstores. Each drugstore is operated by a general manager and a controller. The general manager is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the store, while the controller is responsible for the budget and other financial tasks. The general manager, Tracie Kappan, has been at Gutierrez Company for several years. Employee turnover is high at Gutierrez Company, just as it is in the retail industry in general. Kappan just hired a new controller, Min Yang.

Yang was asked to prepare the master budget. Each retail location prepares its master budget once a year and then submits that budget to company headquarters for approval. Once approved by headquarters, the master budget is used to evaluate the store’s performance. These performance evaluations directly affect the managers’ bonuses and whether additional company funds are invested in that location.

When Yang was almost done preparing the budget, Kappan instructed him to increase the amounts budgeted for labor and supplies by 20%. When asked why, Kappan responded that this budgetary cushion gives store management flexibility in running the store. For example, because company headquarters tightly controls operating funds and capital improvement funds, any extra money budgeted for labor and supplies can be used to replace store furnishings or to pay bonuses to help to retain good employees. She explains that the chance of getting extra funds from company headquarters is not good; this “cushion” is usually the only opportunity to replace store décor or to pay bonuses to key employees. Kappan also needs extra funds occasionally to make “under the table” payments to employees as incentives to work extra hours or to keep them from leaving for a higher-paying job.

Yang feels conflicted. He is eager to please Kappan, and he is wondering what he should do in this situation.

1. Who are the stakeholders in the scenario?

2. Who is responsible for the situation Min Yang is in? The Company or the General Manager? Why do you think that?

3. What would do if you were Min Yang?

In the context of single touch payroll, why is it important that clients transition their business to a cloud accounting system ?

What does it mean to borrow money on a discount basis? This has to do with borrowing money from a bank on a discount basis. This is not related to bond issues/sales. (See chapter 7, page 238, "Interest Calculation Method").

Be cautious: borrowing on a discount basis has to do with going to a lender (banker) for a loan. Be sure not to confuse borrowing on a discount bases with the bond discount discussed later in chapter 7.

Diane Buswell is preparing the 2019 budget for one of Current Designs' kayaks. Extensive meetings with members of the sales department and executive team have resulted in the following unit sales projections for 2019.

Current Designs' policy is to have finished goods ending inventory in a quarter equal to 20% of the next quarter's anticipated sales. Preliminary sales projections for 2020 are 1,100 units for the first quarter and 1,500 units for the second quarter. Ending inventory of finished goods at December 31, 2018, will be 200 kayaks.

Production of each kayak requires 54 pounds of polyethylene powder and a finishing kit (rope, seat, hardware, etc.). Company policy is that the ending inventory of polyethylene powder should be 25% of the amount needed for production in the next quarter. Assume that the ending inventory of polyethylene powder on December 31, 2018, is 19,400 pounds. The finishing kits can be assembled as they are needed. As a result, Current Designs does not maintain a significant inventory of the finishing kits.

The polyethylene powder used in these kayaks costs $1.50 per pound, and the finishing kits cost $170 each. Production of a single kayak requires 2 hours of time by more experienced, type I employees and 3 hours of finishing time by type II employees. The type I employees are paid $15 per hour, and the type II employees are paid $12 per hour.

Selling and administrative expenses for this line are expected to be $45 per unit sold plus $7,500 per quarter. Manufacturing overhead is assigned at 150% of labor costs.

Instructions

First - prepare the following:

1. production budget
2. direct materials budget
3. direct labor budget
4. manufacturing overhead budget
5. selling and administrative budget for this product line by quarter and in total for 2019.

Second – Determine a selling price that is reasonable for these kayaks, then based upon the sales projections, prepare the following:

1. Sales Budget
2. Budgeted Income Statement

* note: i need it step by step please

The St. Lucia Blood Bank, a private charity partly supported by government grants, is located on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia. The blood bank has just finished its operations for September, which was a very busy month due to a powerful hurricane that hit neighboring islands causing many injuries. The hurricane largely bypassed St. Lucia, but residents of St. Lucia willingly donated their blood to help people on other islands. As a consequence, the blood bank collected and processed over 20% more blood than had been originally planned for the month.

A report prepared by a government official comparing actual costs to budgeted costs for the blood bank appears below. Continued support from the government depends on the blood bank’s ability to demonstrate control over its costs.

The managing director of the blood bank was very unhappy with this report, claiming that his costs were higher than expected due to the emergency on the neighboring islands. He also pointed out that the additional costs had been fully covered by payments from grateful recipients on the other islands. The government official who prepared the report countered that all of the figures had been submitted by the blood bank to the government; he was just pointing out that actual costs were a lot higher than promised in the budget.

The following cost formulas were used to construct the planning budget:

  
Required:

1.Complete the flexible budget performance report for September. (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance). Input all amounts as positive values.)

Describe the factors that influence pricing decisions in practice.

The following were selected from among the transactions completed by Babcock Company during November of the current year:

Required:

What role does the Accounting Information System play in the production cycle by taking a Saudi Company as sample study?

Answer: It is a Critical thinking question where student has to take a Saudi company as sample study and explain the role played by AIS with regard to Production Cycle.

Accounting Information System

logan's Landscaping purchased a tractor at a cost of $35,000 and sold it three years later for $10,000. Landscaping recorded deprecation using the straight-line method, a five-year service life, and a 5000 residue little value. Factors are included in the equipment account. The journal entry to record the sale would include

Each team member must make their own submission of their individual reflections on teamwork.

outline what you consider to be the main benefits of working in your team for this assignment compared with completing an assignment on your own.

outline what you consider to be the main costs of working in your team for this assignment compared with completing an assignment on your own.

outline how you would do things differently if you were to be involved in a teamwork assignment again.

A. Develop a cost equation on the following: Franklin Foods has current year costs consisting of $5 per unit Variable Costs and $10,000 in Fixed Costs. Assume that Franklin Foods and a major supplier have entered into a partnership that will result in a per-unit decrease in Franklin's variable cost of $0.75 next year. The company will also be able to reduce their annual leasing costs by 25%. What is the new cost equation, and what will be the estimated total costs if production is estimated to be 13,500 units next year? Explain your findings.

B. Explain the differences between fixed, variable, and mixed costs.

The December 31, 2017 statement of financial position of the ABC Company included the following information: 

Accounts Receivable €112,000  Less: Allowance for Doubtful Accounts €2,240

During the company’s fiscal year ending December 31, 2018, the following transactions occurred:

1. Sales on credit €437,300;

2. Collections on accounts previously written off as worthless €230 (Hint: Re-establish the receivable account);

3. Accounts receivable written off as uncollectible €2,290;

4. Collections of accounts receivable €440,500;

5. Bad debts were estimated to be 1,8% of accounts receivable.

Instructions a) Prepare journal entries necessary for ABC Company to record the preceding transactions. b) Prepare an analysis and schedule that shows the amounts of the accounts receivable, allowance for doubtful accounts that will be disclosed on ABC’s December 31, 2018 statement of financial position

A unit of welding machine costs P48,500 with an estimated life of 5 years. Its salvage value is P2.000.00. Find its book value after 2 years by sinking fund method if the
rate is 8% annually.
*CASH FLOW Diagram Needed

Alberta Corp. (Alberta) manufactures hair shampoo using two departments: a mixing department and a bottling department. Shampoo manufacturing starts with the addition of all of the ingredients in the mixing department. Direct labour and overhead are added evenly throughout the month. Alberta uses the first-in, first-out method of process costing and provided the following information for the month of October.

Beginning work-in-process (WIP) inventory in the mixing department consisted of 750 units that were 15% of the way through the process. This beginning inventory included costs of $5,150 for direct materials, direct labour of $6,250 and overhead of $8,315.

During October, direct materials of $28,950 were added to the mixing department, and

$32,650 in direct labour costs and $55,450 in overhead costs were incurred. At the end of October, 13,500 completed units were transferred to the bottling department, and the remaining 1,650 units in the mixing department were 55% complete.

Required:

Calculate the value of WIP inventory in the mixing department at the end of October.